The Iowa State men’s basketball team had heard plenty from the outside on what people thought was ailing this once top-10 team that now sits 18-8 overall, 7-6 in the Big 12 and losers of four of their last six.
On Thursday, the Cyclones decided to discuss it themselves in a players-only meeting.
“I think it was the most honest meeting we’ve had all year,” senior Jameel McKay said. “People with tears almost coming out their eyes, the enthusiasm in it. It was a big-time meeting.”
The Cyclones are still certainly headed to the NCAA tournament and will likely be a high seed, but there is unrest given they’ve largely failed to live up to lofty preseason expectations thus far this season, namely not truly being a threat to dethrone Kansas in the Big 12 standings.